HYPODERMIC SYRINGE Definition & Meaning

hypodermic syringe

noun

a small glass piston or barrel syringe having a detachable, hollow needle for use in injecting solutions subcutaneously.

hypodermic syringe

noun

med a type of syringe consisting of a hollow cylinder, usually of glass or plastic, a tightly fitting piston, and a hollow needle ( hypodermic needle ), used for withdrawing blood samples, injecting medicine, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hypodermic syringe¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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But the advent of an opium derivative, morphine, and the use of the hypodermic syringe gave doctors a faster way to administer a more potent drug, Jones said.

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It will be delivered by hypodermic syringe - but who invented it?

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Imagine the needle on the end of a hypodermic syringe.

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A powder must be mixed into solution, shaken and then delivered with a hypodermic syringe.

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Jamie Bake reportedly told officers she filled a hypodermic syringe with antifreeze and injected it into her husband’s bottles of liquid steroids, but she did not give them a motive.

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hypodermic needle hypodermis

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